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Abigail Sherlock wrote that she fears an exodus of people leaving the city.

She commented: “People will just end up moving out of Bath!

“How are small businesses supposed to survive and the everyday family like ours who live on the edge of Bath and physically have to drive through to get to work?”

Sarah Moore argued the clean air zone would result in her paying money to visit her own mum.

She said: “I would have to pay to visit my own mum as would have to travel from south to north.

“It would cost either £9 for a family of four to go in a car or even more by bus - I fully support cleaning up our city, but why is it always local residents that end up paying the highest price for these changes that are being introduced?”

A view of a busy Bath Bus Station (Image: Artur Lesniak/ Reach plc)

A number of commenters also said they felt emergency service workers, travelling to work in Bath, should not have to pay the charge.

Julie Lindsay was one of them.

She wrote: “Even though the Fire Station on Warminster Road is outside the zone, my husband, a firefighter, will be charged for travelling for about one minute into the zone at the end of London Road/Cleveland bridge.

“No other route for him.”

The idea was “ridiculous”, she added.

Several people used the phrase “ghost town” to describe what they feared the policy would mean for Bath.

Jo Page wrote: “If it causes as much chaos as the one in Keynsham, Bath will be a ghost town before long - just like Keynsham is becoming!”